--- title: Two or three months went by, and though the baby was still a baby, t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Two or three months went by, and though the baby was still a baby, the kitten was fast becoming a cat, and one evening when, as usual, the nurse came to look for her, to put her in the baby’s cot, she was nowhere to be found. Who acts: Two months, baby, kitten, nurse. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Two months, baby, kitten, nurse), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3282:27:110 # text = Two or three months went by, and though the baby was still a baby, the kitten was fast becoming a cat, and one evening when, as usual, the nurse came to look for her, to put her in the baby’s cot, she was nowhere to be found. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 9 though though SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 21 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 cot cot NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go by** | past | Two months | | | | evening | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the baby | a baby | | | still | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the kitten | | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **become** | gerund | the kitten *not said here* | a cat | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient cat=Result | | 5 | **come** | past | the nurse | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** | to-infinitive | the nurse *not said here* | | | | | for baby | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for she=Theme | | 7 | **put** | to-infinitive | the nurse *not said here* | baby | | the baby's cot | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in cot=Destination | | 8 | **is** | past | kitten | | | | | nowhere *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **find** | to-infinitive · passive | kitten *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/111/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/)